The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 26, 1912
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 PM
6:25 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -127
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Partial lunar eclipse
Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow. It starts at 6:02 AM, is deepest at 6:44 AM and ends at 7:26 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.9° / 347.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 22m / 1.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.81° / -0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.26° / 1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.53° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.